Flying The ROCKY MOUNTAINS Regional Airline
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- I took a ride on what I think is the most beautiful flight in North America with the Canadian Rockies regional airline, Pacific Coastal.
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A plane ride that starts in the Canadian Province of Alberta and heads west over the Rockies to the province of British Colombia and vice versa will always be breathtaking with views out the window. Canada is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful countries on earth.
@@Mikeya85 our annual wildfire season
Agreed!! I flew in to YVR from YYZ on a clear October day! Once we hit Calgary, my eyes never left the window!! The Rockies were so beautiful! 🇨🇦
Agreed when I went to Canada from Australia to visit my two daughters working in Manitoba the views from all my flights were amazing, I will never forget and hope to return one day.
I think it's cool that you came to Canada and explore our amazing country. And your reports are great. But a small detail I like to mention. Canada has provinces not states. So it's the province of BC not the state of BC. Lol. Keep doing what you are doing. You are a great ambassador for Canada. Exploring the less known beauty of our nation.
ha my first thought, "uh Noel, we have states down here, they have provinces."
Just watching it now and thought the same thing lol.
I'm glad that I wasn't the only one that noticed the "state" thing. Keep the vids rolling.
You mentioned the quiet up there. I love the way the air smells. I’m an Idaho native. The beauty never gets old.
He HAS to be talking about a flight in B.C.
A few years ago I flew from Vancouver to Edmonton (Alberta) and I looked out of the window the entire flight. I absolutely loved it.
I used to make the flight from Van-Edmonton-Calgary-Van at least twice a month and NEVER got tired of the view.
So glad you enjoyed our beautiful Rocky Mountains! I've lived in British Columbia all my life and I never ever tire of seeing those mountains! And yes the peace and quiet of a small town is so nice!
It’s pretty, we are blessed to live here.
The 1900D is a beast. When I was a Airline Operations Manager at a small regional port here in New Zealand, we received several 1900D turns a day. Beautiful aircraft, but certainly fiddly with loading, trim, ect. Lots of last minute shuffling about. All but two of the fleet were purchased brand new from the States and actually had a onboard lavatory. This took up considerable weight and also space in the Hold. This left Hold 2 with a horrid little angled type cupboard. Two of the fleet were purchased second hand and did not have on board lavatories. They were very much favoured among Grand Staff around the Country.
A very sad day when the Airline was wound down and the last 1900D flight landed. Very fond memories of the 1900D, Metroliners and Bandeirantes.
Guess who bought some old ANZ B1900Ds? Pacific costal.
A couple of years ago I enjoyed my Air Canada dash-8 flight from Calgary to Kelowna. It was winter time and the snow on the Rockies was amazing to see. Thanks for showcasing parts of Canada most aren’t aware of, always nice to see.
I will be doing that flight in a week (not on a dash 8 though) and I am very excited.
I have recently found your videos on u-tube during my recovery from a back injury and I really enjoy them.
Compare to some other you tubers like you i choose you as the best.
I'm from Greece and i have not seen any videos from my country.
Maybe some day.
You give all of us that have not the ability to travel all around the world to do that through your eyes.
God bless you, keep on travelling!!!!!
Cheers from Greece mate...
I enjoy your videos. I can't travel like you do (I'm a teacher, and don't make much). I feel like I'm traveling vicariously through you. Thanks for these videos.
basically, you were checking out several Provincial parks from the air. At some point, if you have time, take a drive from W. Alberta, Calgary would probably be the easiest fly-in location, and head West through BC - I guarantee you 100%, you will not be disappointed Noel 🙂
Don’t you just love the Quiet..you can hear the wind rustling the trees...lucky to live in this place...the beauty is awe inspiring
Breath taking views and scenery, just relaxing in the quiet and taking it all in. Well done Noel!
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Glad you enjoyed it
The scenery around the whole province is incredible and flying to northern British Columbia and into Yukon Territory is equally stunning. Glad to see you had some decent weather for this trip and got to see a bit more of the province and this little part of Canada.
I flew that route from Van to Whitehorse to then drive my daughter’s car from Whitehorse to the bridge over the Yukon north of Fairbanks (blanking on the name right now.) She did the Yukon 1000 Canoe Race. What a fabulous flight to an incredible part of Canada!
We flew from Vancouver to Edmonton and back this weekend with beautiful sunny views of the rockies....so beautiful
Nice flight, You should fly Buffalo Airways up north in Canada
Loving your videos and so glad you're enjoying beautiful British Columbia.
Just to correct you. The mountains you flew over from Vancouver to Cranbrook were the Coastal Mountains at Vancouver, the th Cascade Mountains, Monashee Mountains and Selkirk Mountains, which to me are the most impressive and the biggest barrier to land travel. The Rocky Mountains are west of Cranbrook and you would have seen them on arrival and departure.
Actually the Rocky Mountains are EAST of Cranbrook. :-)
@@Boffin55 correct. I'm cardinally challenged.
My daughter's very first flight as an airline pilot was on a Beech 1900D into Cranbrook from Calgary with Air Canada Express. She always said planning for an engine failure on departure from Cranbrook was always 'a bit interesting' due to the narrow valley and high mountains. I'm not sure they even fly that route anymore, let alone on a B1900D. Good memories. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing!
Not sure about the route, but B1900D's are still flown, although Air Canada no longer holds a deal with the company that runs it. But they still fly those in the same routes in Maritime Canada at least.
1:50 Let me correct that for you: Should be the Province of BC. Canada has Provinces not States
I was about to say that lol
Did notice it but didn’t want to be an arse and correct a man putting good, free content on TH-cam
Check out the flight from San Francisco to Orange County. The flight goes along the California coast.
Scenery out of Canada is so beautiful
I miss Canada so much
Wow! I could really feel that peace. The last time I experienced such silence was in the Sahara desert on a still day, with not even the sussuration of the shifting sand. It really struck a chord with me.
Glad you took the Canada Line directly from the airport into downtown. It has a covered stop directly in the airport. It's wonderful and leaves you off in town. I fell in LOVE with Vancouver, and all of the province of British Columbia.
From the Airport to Downtown there is no better way to get there. Until about a year and a half ago, we did not yet have Uber and the cabs here were pure JUNK. Now being able to hope the fast, and clean train, or grab an Uber makes life here better.
The views out in Cranbrook look stunning from what you shown us, and the waiting area where you sat is reminiscent of sitting around a fireplace in a log cabin. Looks like an amazing place to visit
The good ol Saab 340 My go to ride! My local airline(which is regional)in Australia has a lot of them
Did over 8000 sectors on the SAAB 340, over ten years with REX in Australia. I love that aircraft. Glad you enjoyed the flight ✈. Keep up the reviews! 👍
I've always loved the intimacy of the 1900D. I used to fly them from Colorado to Nebraska all the time.
That Saab is actually an oddball paintjob from it's previous operator Integra Air - hence the reg GOIA. They in turn operated it for Connectair. It has been with Pacific Coastal for many years, but never re-painted and pretty much exclusively used on the WestJet Link flights now (Link being the Pacific Coastal operated flights to differentiate them from Encore with the Q400's). The others being used for WestJet are all painted in their full livery.
I use pacific costal often as my best friends live in Campbell river and Comox area can’t wait to visit again
Saab 340's are very common in Australia for flying from regional cities like Albury, Wagga and Canberra to Sydney and Melbourne via REX/Regional Express. It's like their bread and butter plane.
I was on that exact same aircraft 4 days ago flying from Calgary to Lethbridge, I was also one row back from where you were sitting.
Careful Noel…..you might want to move here lol. It happens a lot. Great video.
Wow even when you started going back in to the airport it was like the world was standing still lol complete silence and so peaceful! Absolutely amazing! Btw Saab makes a fantastic airplane in my opinion as well.
I like the train ride from downtown Vancouver to the airport. Easy and not overly crowded most if the time.
I hadn’t realized you’d been through our part of the world. Grew up in Vancouver, moved to Cranbrook to teach and now reside in the Okanagan (the city/airport you flew over at 5.05 in the video). It is too bad you couldn’t spend some more time in Cranbrook or neighbouring Kimberley. Beautiful part of the world. The airport is half way between both.
I first flew from YVR to Kamloops in 1982 and the tents were there then! It seems that if these domestic flights are on propeller planes then this is the type of gate you will go through. Only the full blown air bridges are that much more enclosed.
I would recommend that you fly from Calgary to Kamloops ro Vancouver, (YYC to YKA to YVR) you will see very much more of the Rockies and more snow capped peaks.
Its too bad you didn't have the chance to visit the railroad museum in Cranbrook or go to Fort Steele!
Hi Noel. thank you for taking us along on this flight - the views over the Rockies are incredible. I once had a helicopter flight over the Rockies and it was a bit bumpy as it caught the up-draughts (thermals?) from the peaks. I notice that you often manage to get a seat near the wing and engines/jets - is there a reason for this, or do you just like engines!?
I second what Eric said Noel. British Columbia is a province, not a state, but I am sure they are very happy with the commendation you have given them.
8:12 - absolutely idyllic!! I have had an awfully stressful day, and this video has completely calmed me. Thank you so much, Noel!
You are so welcome!
As always, great video. And once again welcome to Canada
Thanks! 😃
Such a contrast between Cranbrook and Vancouver wow !!
Lovely vlog Noel YVR is one of my best Airports to spot from . Nice memories of the PC B1900 and S340 a/c departing and arriving . I never get board with the magnificent scenery from Vancouver 👍
The Canadian Rockies are my favourite part of the world. Absolutely stunning.
Noel I loved this . ❤. It reminded me of flying from near The Grand Canyon over to the airport at Las Vegas . The views from the plane were amazing ( I got some photos ) . What amused me was having to get weighed before you got on the plane & were then given a precise seat number ticket that I still have .thank you x
Oh wow!
I’m loving this series. I live on Hornby Island off Vancouver Island, accessible only by ferry or floatplane. Either way, the trip is stunningly beautiful :)
I was in Vancouver 2012 visited my mom a town called New Westminister BC best part is taking the skytrain from YVR to New Westminister and like 10 minutes to her place I figured out transit in Vancouver with in a few weeks was so easy
The Canada Line from YVR to downtown was built in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. It’s far more convenient than before.
Hey, I used to work in that terminal. (Vancouver South)
Ah, takes me back to the dim and distant past that was 2019 and a flight from Victoria to Calgary in an Air Canada Dash 8 Q400. Gin clear day, unlimited visibility and almost completely cloud free. The views were magnificent from the Gulf Islands to the endless Alberta Prairies via Point Roberts, the laser straight USA border, the Okanagan and of course the mighty Rocky Mountains, so close as we passed over at FL250 that you felt you could reach out of the window and feel the last of the winter snows that covered the peaks. My neck was stiff by the end of the flight with all the gazing out of the window I did.
Stunning scenery and for an affordable cost too! I’d have booked a hotel and made a few days of it! 😊
Loved Vancouver when I visited in 2016. Visited Whistler via the Sea to Sky bus route... amazing views, eye level! If you fancy a non-flying experience, do that!
So luck forward to Sundays waiting for the weekly video , great stuff 👍
Thanks 👍
Your the best
As always I enjoyed that vid.
Love for Noel to fly to Madeira
(Cristiano Ronaldo inter airport).
Unique airport, approach, construction and on the list of most dangerous airports.
Would make a great video.
Have been enjoying watching all your videos from BC!
Awesome! Thank you!
Canada Line Skytrain is the way to get to the airport for sure. Traffic in Vancouver is always such a mess.
I live in Western Canada. I appreciate your reminder about what unusual beauty that we live in everyday. Never call a Canadian province a “state” though. It’s like calling an Irishman an Anglo.
Great video of one of our local airlines in BC from YVR! I'd love to see you hop on a long haul to Asia or Europe from Vancouver!
Another cool video. The views where amazing and that Saab is such a cool plane, reliable and well built
Noel, your filming continues to get better and better another impressive vlog! Thank you!
Glad you think so!
Strictly speaking, you flew over the Purcell's, but not the Rocky Mountains; the Rocky Mountain Trench where Cranbrook is situated marking the western edge of the Canadian Rockies.
Hey Noel try a flight to Prince Rupert, Kelowna or Kamloops on a Sunny Day. All are equally stunning flights. Great to watch you enjoying Beautiful BC despite all the flooding. hahah
Stunning scenery when you can see it; at least the flight to Cranbrook was clear skies. Glad you are visiting Canada, lots of great scenery and interesting aircraft too. Looks like Pacific Coastal does a pretty decent job. Great video Noel.
Thanks for watching!
It looks absolutely incredible there - enjoy!
Thank you for another very awesome video that truly made me feel like i was traveling 🧳 with you to the otherwise tranquil regions of Canada i love the way you combine a review of both the flight and the stop over locations. That SAAB 340 looked awesome reminds me of when they flew here in Kenya for the main airline Kenya Airways .
My pleasure 😊
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How neat, tidy and polite Canada looks.
On the return flight, the lady behind you was buggin hard core. Sipped her drink while looking directly into the camera 🤣
Yeah I noticed that too!
Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦! Love your videos and thanks for showcasing Canada to the world.
Thank you! 😃
So glad you enjoyed Vancouver! I fly to Kelowna regularly and never get sick of the views.
YVR/YYJ to YYC is a stunner too.
3.21 .. I know they are not but it sure looks like the crew are watching a thanksgiving football game :)
Noel- you need to head up to northern BC along the coast. Because if you think those mountains to Cranbrooke are pretty, the flight from Vancouver to Haida Gwaii or Prince Rupert is STUNNING.
Loved the video . Used to live there . Beautiful scenery and wonderful people .
Glad you enjoyed it
Noel, will you ever do flights in Australia, it would be cool to see what unusual flights they offer
I'm sure he will when they stop being idiots.
Oh oh, Noel, you just went and made the biggest faux pas a visitor to Canada can make at 1:55! Australia and the USA have states, in Canada we have provinces - but of course you knew that, it was early in the morning you probably just hadn't had enough coffee yet! Anyway, love watching your videos and I'm so glad that you are enjoying your stay in our beautiful country.
Gorgeous views. Love the Saab 340 and the Beech 1900D!! Safe travels Noel!
Many thanks!
Wow nice view... almost as beautyful as to fly over the Swiss Alps on a sunny day 😊
Absolutely love your videos they just get better and better 👍 I've already got my flight booked for Vancouver next year 😊
Glad you like them!
Walks back into airport and a t-rex 🦖 screams lol looked away just as the auto door opened had to rewind to see what i missed lol. Also you would find more of the westjet branded pacific aircraft if you flew from YYC almost 90% of the time seems more of the Alberta flights are logo. Great video would love to see Swoop or Air Transat review
I enjoy watching your videos. I live vicariously through you . Lol
Your very well informed and entertaining. 👍🏻
Wow, thank you!
Another excellent video Noel ; it really is a lovely part of the world👍
Couldn't agree more!
Hello noel
Beautiful view you, day trip
To Vancouver, the best
Take,care is cool
See ya
Thank you 👍
The Vancouver South Terminal is awesome; such a different feeling from the main.
Came to the video to see the scenery, came to the comments to see “But Noel, they’re called provinces, not states!”
haha awesome video and views! Pacific Coastal is the hometown airline for me so I have flown on those 1900 and Saabs many times over the years going to YVR. great video, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I'm glad you noticed and pointed out how quiet it was there, because the minute you started your narrative after landing there I instantly heard the silence all around you.
And as they say here in Scotland, I think that's you well telt that it's a Province and not a State!!!
Carry on the good work.
Had a really great experience on Pacific Coastal this summer as well!
Great to hear!
Just some trivia about Cranbrook Airport. In the 1980s, passenger service to Cranbrook was mainly served by 737-200s operated by Pacific Western Airlines (later Canadian Airlines). There was a famous plane crash of a 737 there I believe sometime in the late 1970s.
Awesome looking views on these flights thank you for sharing them with us all! Would love to see you come to Eagle County Regional (KEGE) for some great mountain flying on the 757 before they are gone. I work ARFF/Ops there and would be happy to show you around the airfield.
AC Express used a lot of Beech 1900’s for thinner routes back in the late 90s and 00’s. Flew in those a number of times between YYZ and MHT. It was fun until you hit any weather systems. Remember one flight where I marveled at how the crew could keep the a/c under control enough (it was galloping in 3 dimensions) to land, but we did and nicely.
I enjoyed the video. The lady at 15:20 made me laugh the way she sipped on her drink then awkwardly stared into the camera.
Very beautiful indeed. Another beautiful flight is from NYC JFK airport to Toronto. I took it in December, and there was snow all over. When the plane is already descending to Toronto, it flies at a low altitude over Buffalo, Niagara river and Niagara Falls. I had a great view of the half frozen falls and took many photos. Then, the approach is over lake Ontario and we have a great view of Toronto. Different type of beautiful, but still quite nice.
Very nice!
Cool. I have some more inspirations for summer in North America.
As a 🇨🇦, thank you for coming to my country and giving us such a rave review, 👍😁, makes me very proud to be Canadian, 🍁🇨🇦.
Any time!
Too bad you didn't have some golf clubs. The courses around Cranbrook and Kimberley BC are stunning. I don't really golf, but I do when I go there.
Great video Noel i always enjoy your adventures.
Glad you enjoyed it
While Canbrook itself is rather unimpressive as a city beyond their wonderful history and railroad museum, the area surrounding Cranbrook is just incredible.
Yeah, well Cranbrook thinks you're unimpressive Mr. "Van Down By the River" motivational speaker.
Well yes, while I don't have a full-size van I do have a minivan, and I do live near a big river and I sometimes go down by the river and take pictures, I guess makes a little sense.
Try a flight to Tofino or Comox.
I did my PPL flight test in Cranbrook.
I love flying on Beech 1900Ds.. they’re little rockets on takeoff. Also, I went through a similar tent maze at JFK’s Delta regional gates a few years ago. As you said it served the purpose keeping us warm and dry. Lastly, I love BC too.. flying over the Rockies is one of my best flight memories as were the Alps. Both gorgeous in their own ways.
I had a similar beautiful flight that I'd like to share. It was also from Vancouver but to Portland, Oregon in an almost empty Dash-8 turboprop at a similarly low altitude. The Dash-8 has an overhead wing so the visibility below was unobstructed while the B-1900 and Saab 340 are low winged aircraft. Because the plane was almost empty, I was able to move about and see the view from both sides of the plane. We flew over the San Juan islands, saw the Pacific Northwest mountains (didn't fly directly above them), etc and it was a beautiful clear day. I really enjoy following your flight experiences; I used to fly a lot but not since retiring a few years ago.
Great vlog, beautiful scenery